Exploring Art, Environment, Math & its Interconnectedness

A child can throw up complicated question about anything and at anytime. Today I was caught off guard with a question on the genesis of the earth. Watch this discussion between Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke so that you may be able to explain big bang and black hole to your child. Read More →

Since Arpita knows that sun gives us energy, I asked her “why do you feel tired when you are out in the sun?” This I thought would be a tricky question, but her answer did not leave me disappointed. “Ma, we are not plants and cannot make food”, is what she said. Read More →

Witnessing my child making mistakes is not always a happy experience. Specially in academics when the onus is still on me to guide her. This is despite the fact that I know it is ok to make mistakes and rather I should encourage her to make as many as she wants. The nice part is that my child is totally unaware of goofing up. In fact she finds it very funny that she has messed up. Today is one such day when I remind myself yet again to concentrate on making her world ready rather than micro managing her studies in the usual boring mummy ways. She is being taught germination in school. Found these really nice videos to show her. Read More →

Knowing when to step back and allow your child to make mistakes and when to step in can be tricky. I have been allowing my daughter to add incorrectly before I decided to step in and clear up her concepts. In this post, I will be writing down where-all Arpita was making mistakes while adding two digit numbers and how we both dealt with it. Read More →